The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
2:51 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 581
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.15° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.68° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.