The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 14, 1968
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -5.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.01° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.82° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.