The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 1962
Waning Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
3:28 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 20.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.43° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.36° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.