The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 24, 1968
Waxing Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
9:47 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 119.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.56° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.18° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.