The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
3:05 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.63° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.42° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.