The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 25, 1968
Waxing Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
11:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.60° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.86° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.00° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.