The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
5:26 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 569
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 26.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 25.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.82° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.29° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.