The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1968
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
7:35 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.8° / 194.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.22° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.22° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.