The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
3:06 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.89° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.87° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.