The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 1968
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
1:05 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 0.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.92° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.04° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.64° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.