The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 8, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
1:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 492
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 73.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.80° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.07° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.