The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1960
Last Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
11:58 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.78° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.64° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.