The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 22, 1962
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
7:27 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 322.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -2.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.68° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.38° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.