The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 11, 1968
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
12:52 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 27.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.97° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.35° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.