The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
2:43 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 56.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.25° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.90° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.