The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1968
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
10:02 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 112.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -9.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.89° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.39° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.