The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
4:30 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 35.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.94° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.10° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.