The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1968
First Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
2:08 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 61.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 27.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.72° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.04° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.