The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 1968
Waning Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
1:27 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 567
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.84° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.55° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.