The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1968
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
6:51 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.6° / 230.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 27.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.20° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.93° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.