The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1978
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
11:00 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 682
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -16.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.31° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.26° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| 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.