The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 1978
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
6:25 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 9:32 AM, is deepest at 11:22 AM and ends at 1:11 PM. Totality lasts from 10:36 AM to 12:08 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 344.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.04° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 172.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.