The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 1969
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
12:48 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 26.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.20° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.88° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.