The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 10, 1968
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
6:18 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -25.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.71° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.04° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| 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.