The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 11, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
1:17 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.74° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.64° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.