The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1968
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
4:49 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 568
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 174.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.09° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.73° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 7.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.