The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 1968
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
10:23 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 557
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -10.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.95° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.40° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.