The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 27, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
1:15 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.83° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.86° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.