The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
6:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 356.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.24° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.