The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1968
Waning Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
5:13 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.86° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.47° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.