The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 16, 1968
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
3:03 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -1.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.92° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.27° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.