The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
12:43 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -25.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.45° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.49° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.