The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 1968
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
11:03 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.71° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.19° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.