The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1960
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
8:04 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.99° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.80° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.