The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
3:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.1° / 359.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -26.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.01° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.94° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.