The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 5, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
1:56 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 70.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.71° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.93° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| 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.