The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
12:42 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 85.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -26.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.30° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.82° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.