The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 8, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
4:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -78.2° / 352.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -28.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.01° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.34° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.