The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1962
Waning Crescent
31.4% 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
1:23 AM
4:18 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.0° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.13° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.56° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.