The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1968
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
2:59 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 205.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.57° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.35° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.