The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1968
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 6.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.87° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.91° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.48° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.