The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
4:55 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 29.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.42° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.41° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.