The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
2:18 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 60.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.04° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.71° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.