The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1968
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
8:46 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 2.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.05° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.94° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.