The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 29, 1962
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
11:58 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 243.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.21° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.75° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.58° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.