The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 13, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
3:25 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.86° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.27° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.