The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 2, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
1:41 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 371,500 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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -27.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.73° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.13° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.