The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
12:00 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 88.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.20° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.60° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| 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.