The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 25, 1968
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
9:04 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 124.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.25° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.50° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.