The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
6:02 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 7.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 9.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.04° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.09° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.