The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 13, 1978
Waxing Crescent
22.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
11:31 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.2%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.82° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.37° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.