The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1968
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
6:27 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 302.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.57° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.