The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 8, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
3:54 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 45.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.28° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.14° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| 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.