The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 1968
Waning Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
2:27 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 2.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.77° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.02° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.