The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 1968
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
11:28 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.54° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.03° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.