The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 1968
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
12:53 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 21.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.96° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.43° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.