The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 1968
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
11:58 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 564
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -10.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.12° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.16° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.