The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
4:33 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1802
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 13.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.65° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.63° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.