The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 8, 1968
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
10:40 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 321.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 28.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.84° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.91° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.