The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 13, 1968
Last Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.29° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.37° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.72° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.