The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 23, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
1:44 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -28.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.03° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.61° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.