The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 4, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
1:29 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 75.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.45° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.14° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| 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.