The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 12, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
2:19 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.22° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.45° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.