The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 1968
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
7:37 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:54 AM, is deepest at 7:41 AM and ends at 9:29 AM. Totality lasts from 7:09 AM to 8:13 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 331.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.49° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.48° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.