The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -26.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.21° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.00° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.