The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 2068
Waning Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
12:47 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1799
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / 0.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.82° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.80° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.