The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 29, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
2:21 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 3.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.65° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.35° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.