The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
6:03 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 571
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 16.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.66° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.53° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.