The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 1962
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
7:55 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 306.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -6.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.75° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.54° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.