The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
2:57 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.8° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -25.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.81° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.42° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.