The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 1968
Waning Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
12:21 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.73° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.59° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.