The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 8, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
3:20 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 558
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 26.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.89° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.81° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.