The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
4:16 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 39.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.53° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.57° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.