The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 3, 1962
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
3:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 484
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 208.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.34° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.92° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.