The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 2, 1962
Waning Crescent
19.1% 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
4:09 AM
2:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 484
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 220.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.90° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.12° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.73° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.