The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
2:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 557
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.27° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.60° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.