The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 20, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% 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
4:32 PM
2:18 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -14.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.41° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.11° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.