The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1968
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
8:52 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 10.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.80° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.10° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.