The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
1:56 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.18° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.31° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.