The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 1, 1962
Waning Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
1:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 484
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 231.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.91° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.96° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.53° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| 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.