The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 6, 1968
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
8:40 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 24.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.10° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.62° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| 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.