The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1968
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
10:55 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 314.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 02m / 25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.48° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.89° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.