The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 3, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
6:31 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 10.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.97° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.79° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.