The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
2:39 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 57.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.43° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.50° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.