The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 1969
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
7:03 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.2° / 180.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.21° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.77° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.