The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 1968
Waning Crescent
4.0% 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
5:03 AM
6:54 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.86° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.37° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.