The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1968
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
8:00 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.1° / 154.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.47° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.41° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.