The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
5:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 354.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.12° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.25° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.