The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
1:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -25.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.48° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.52° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.