The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
2:53 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.7° / 48.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -24.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.81° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.95° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.