The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 1969
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
6:38 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.6° / 209.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.15° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.54° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.