The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
4:27 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.58° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.97° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.