The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 3, 1978
Waning Crescent
34.8% 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
2:32 AM
12:47 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 682
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 238.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.62° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.61° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.