The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 14, 1968
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
10:00 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.02° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.18° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.