The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1968
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
10:46 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 111.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -26.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.76° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.96° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.