The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 9, 1969
Waning Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
6:54 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 576
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.0° / 233.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.93° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.18° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.