The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 1969
Waning Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
1:59 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 285.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 24.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.25° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.24° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.