The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 13, 1968
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
2:04 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 26.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.96° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.87° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.