The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
5:48 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 347.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -6.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.90° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.12° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.