The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 6, 1969
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
5:05 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 578
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.3° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.20° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.04° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.