The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 19, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
2:43 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 580
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 55.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.39° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.