The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 1968
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 28.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.76° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.27° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.