The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 1962
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
7:31 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 315.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / -4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.38° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| 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.