The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1968
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
5:25 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 24.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.84° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.15° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.