The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 1962
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
8:13 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 140.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / -1.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.25° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.