The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 1968
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
10:33 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -27.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.10° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.07° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.