The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1969
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
4:39 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.23° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.84° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.