The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
3:32 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.39° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.95° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.