The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
2:19 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -6.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.38° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.28° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.