The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 1960
Waning Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
11:01 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.57° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.46° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.