The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1968
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
1:27 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.39° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.81° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.