The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
3:15 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.15° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.46° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.