The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
5:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 2.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.88° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.63° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.