The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 10, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
2:46 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.16° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.60° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.