The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 26, 1978
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
7:35 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 305.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.14° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.84° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.