The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 1978
Waning Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
8:58 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.05° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.16° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| 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.