The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
3:56 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1920
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 44.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 26.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.69° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.29° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| 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.