The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 25, 1968
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
9:24 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 122.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -28.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.38° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.85° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| 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.