The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1968
Waning Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
11:13 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.61° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.38° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.