The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
3:23 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1803
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 43.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.23° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.06° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| 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.