The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 30, 1962
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
1:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.00° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.78° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.