The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
6:33 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 342.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 0.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.88° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.64° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.