The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1968
Waning Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
2:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 220.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.73° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.17° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.