The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 1960
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
8:42 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -10.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.99° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.96° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.