The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1968
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
11:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.75° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.17° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.