The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 10, 1968
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
5:20 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -27.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.30° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.59° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.