The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 19, 1968
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
4:23 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.02° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.92° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.