The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 19, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -28.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.01° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.01° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.