The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 13, 1960
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
6:54 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 1:37 AM, is deepest at 3:27 AM and ends at 5:17 AM. Totality lasts from 2:40 AM to 4:15 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 338.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 1.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.57° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.50° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.