The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 31, 1978
Last Quarter
49.3% 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
1:25 AM
11:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 683
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.62° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.70° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.