The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 1968
Waning Crescent
18.6% 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
1:57 AM
6:06 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.6° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.93° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.70° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.