The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
4:44 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 19.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -1.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.25° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.79° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.