The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 1968
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
5:30 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
-
Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.59° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.73° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.