The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 1968
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
12:15 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.03° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.