The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:50 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.92° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.44° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.