The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1968
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
6:03 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 158.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -27.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.42° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.08° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.