The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1962
Waxing Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.48° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.38° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.