The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 1978
Waning Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
5:12 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 682
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 190.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -9.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.36° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.40° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.