The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1968
Waning Crescent
40.0% 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
12:28 AM
3:57 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 23.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.04° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.08° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.