The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1968
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
10:48 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.17° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.01° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.