The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 1968
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
1:08 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.25° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.59° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.