The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 1968
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 20°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
11:34 PM
20°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -28.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.38° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.87° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.