The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 1960
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
9:24 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -14.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.13° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.12° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.