The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 12, 1968
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
8:51 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.25° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.42° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.