The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 1962
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
11:12 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 11.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.55° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.60° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| 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.