The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2068
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
3:03 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1805
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 209.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.79° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.13° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.