The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 13, 1968
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -24.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.93° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.98° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.