The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 7, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
3:08 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.3° / 44.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -26.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.08° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.53° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.