The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
1:57 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 67.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.70° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.64° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.