The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 13, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% 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
7:50 PM
6:16 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 329.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -9.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.15° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.