The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
5:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 358.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.04° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.80° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.