The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 1978
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
8:00 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 688
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 143.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 6.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.76° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.62° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -3.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.