The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
2:15 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1802
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.75° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.98° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.