The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 2, 1978
Last Quarter
46.1% 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
1:31 AM
11:50 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.1%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 682
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 Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.37° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.43° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| 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.