The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1968
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
1:01 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 291.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 22.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.08° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.67° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.