The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 2068
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
10:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1802
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.41° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.22° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.