The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 11, 1968
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
7:35 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.18° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.23° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.