The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 3, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
5:30 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 15.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.90° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.82° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.