The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% 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
7:05 PM
2:47 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.2° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -28.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.48° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.13° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.