The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 4, 1978
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
9:03 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 124.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -1.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.58° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.15° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.