The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 1962
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
9:36 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / 1.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.41° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.50° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.