The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
1:49 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -27.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.94° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.32° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.