The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1968
Waxing Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
11:05 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -9.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.26° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.28° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.35° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.