The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 9, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.9° / 346.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -24.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.09° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.77° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.