The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 1968
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
6:55 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 557
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 149.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -24.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.94° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.95° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.