The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1978
First Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.50° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.04° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.