The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1968
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
1:49 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 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 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 28.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.83° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.52° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.