The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 5, 1968
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
7:37 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 350.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.14° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.47° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.