The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1968
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
8:33 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 346.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 28.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.73° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.48° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.