The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1968
Waxing Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
11:04 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.98° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.94° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.