The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 1968
Waning Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
8:52 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -7.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.90° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.80° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.