The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
5:45 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 11.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.19° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.80° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.