The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 28, 1968
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
11:28 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 563
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 22.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.06° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.53° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.