The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 10, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
5:19 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 493
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 14.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.79° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.73° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.