The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1968
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
7:22 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 144.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -25.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.52° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.89° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.