The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
3:20 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 23.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.16° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.31° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.