The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 6, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
3:03 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.64° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.35° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.