The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 1978
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
9:33 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 120.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.35° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.77° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.