The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1968
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
1:17 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.13° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.24° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.