The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 19, 1968
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
5:41 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.3° / 192.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 2.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.46° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.89° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.