The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 29, 1969
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
11:41 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 303.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.63° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.71° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.