The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 1, 1969
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
12:52 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 20.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.71° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.04° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.