The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
2:28 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.27° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.73° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.