The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 1960
Waning Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.33° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.29° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.