The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 1, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
3:24 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 45.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / -0.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.08° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.12° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.