The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 7, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
3:28 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.13° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.15° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.