The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 1962
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
8:46 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.64° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.25° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| 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.