The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 1978
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.19° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.33° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.