The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
4:20 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 19.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -11.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.98° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.97° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.