The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
3:22 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1802
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.97° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.80° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.