The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1978
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
9:36 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 117.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -5.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.28° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.92° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.