The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% 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
3:59 PM
4:45 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 29.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.40° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.94° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.