The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 1968
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
9:44 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 316.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.11° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.84° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.