The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1968
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
10:15 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.51° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.75° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.