The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 1968
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
7:29 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -27.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.38° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.79° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.