The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
3:21 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.06° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.57° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.