The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 7, 1969
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
6:08 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.5° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 24.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.22° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.31° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.