The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
5:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 339.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.48° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.59° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.