The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 19, 1968
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
4:30 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 186.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -20.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.58° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.85° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.