The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
2:06 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.02° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.62° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.