The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
1:44 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 581
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.13° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.83° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.