The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 1962
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
12:23 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 15.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.95° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.78° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.