The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 14, 1960
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
7:28 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.17° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.65° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.