The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1968
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
5:04 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.3° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -27.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.94° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.15° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.