The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 20, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
4:09 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.04° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.11° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.