The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 7, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
12:32 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 492
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.17° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.25° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.