The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1968
First Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.04° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.94° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.