The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1968
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
7:29 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.3° / 190.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 24.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.70° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.17° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.