The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 1962
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
11:44 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 12.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.71° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.64° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.