The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 1968
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
8:05 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 136.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.48° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.95° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.