The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 1968
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
12:20 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.17° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.32° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.