The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
12:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1802
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 88.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -20.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.81° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.37° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.