The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 1962
Waxing Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
11:01 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -10.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.07° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.81° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.