The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1968
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -3.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.52° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.33° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.18° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.