The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 1968
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
7:40 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. Not visible from Columbus.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 145.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.34° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.17° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.