The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1968
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
9:58 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -1.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.99° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.99° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.