The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 1969
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
1:49 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 28.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.49° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.06° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.