The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 1968
Waxing Crescent
29.5% 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
1:44 PM
10:33 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 113.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -28.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.93° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.66° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.