The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
1:01 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 490
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.02° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.32° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.