The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 1968
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
6:26 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.0° / 242.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 56m / 27.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.73° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.39° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.