The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 1969
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
5:33 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 27.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.35° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.09° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.