The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1968
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
3:28 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 218.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -8.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.05° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.46° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.