The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1968
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
4:29 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.6° / 241.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.77° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.49° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.