The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 23, 1968
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
8:30 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 131.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -27.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.07° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.36° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.