The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
1:11 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.43° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.12° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.44° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.