The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1962
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.37° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.16° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.