The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 1968
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
7:17 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 158.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.45° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.60° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.