The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 1969
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
7:24 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 580
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 142.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.49° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.59° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.