The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 1960
Waning Crescent
34.0% 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
2:40 AM
12:59 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.93° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.83° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.