The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1978
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
7:26 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 154.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -0.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.49° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.19° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.