The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 4, 1978
Waning Crescent
24.3% 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
3:30 AM
1:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 682
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 228.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.01° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.80° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.