The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 30, 1978
Waning Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
10:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.40° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.51° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.