The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
4:26 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 34.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.04° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.06° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| 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.