The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1968
Waxing Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
8:41 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.25° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.70° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.