The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 1968
Waning Gibbous
82.5% 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
8:17 PM
11:33 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 312.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.70° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.07° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.