The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
3:09 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 44.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.69° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.14° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.