The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
3:49 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.69° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.26° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.