The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 2, 1968
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
8:08 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 557
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 136.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.70° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.76° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.