The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
2:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 61.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.70° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.59° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.