The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1968
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
11:51 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 304.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 25.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.11° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.17° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.