The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1968
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
1:52 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 234.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.32° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.99° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.