The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 1968
First Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
11:45 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 1.2° of each other in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -24.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.15° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.73° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.