The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
3:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 561
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 44.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 10.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.66° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.78° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.