The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 1, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
12:38 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -28.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.56° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.32° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.