The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
12:28 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.16° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.73° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| 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.