The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 22, 1968
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
7:15 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 143.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.19° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.55° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.