The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
1:47 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 71.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.36° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / -2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.79° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.