The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 22, 1968
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
6:33 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.5° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 22.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.39° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.97° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.