The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 1978
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
11:33 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.80° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.25° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.