The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 1968
Waning Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 23.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.07° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.02° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.