The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
12:44 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -28.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.47° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.80° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.