The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1968
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
11:33 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.41° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.39° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| 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.