The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 10, 1968
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
10:54 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 298.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 14.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.99° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.30° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.