The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
4:24 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 38.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 22.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.97° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.43° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.