The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 1968
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
8:53 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.37° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.38° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.