The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 1968
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
4:54 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 235.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.47° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.47° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.