The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 1978
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
10:11 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.20° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.69° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.