The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1968
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
12:06 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.11° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.39° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.