The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1968
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
7:41 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 313.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -3.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.15° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.76° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.