The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 7, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
12:49 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1801
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.47° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.53° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.