The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -27.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.35° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.52° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.