The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 11, 1969
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
6:56 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 153.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.42° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.88° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 332.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.