The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 1969
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
8:07 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 137.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -0.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.46° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.53° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.