The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1968
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
7:38 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 139.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -22.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.69° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.26° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.