The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 21, 1968
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
6:31 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 160.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.05° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.69° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.