The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 14, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.56° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.10° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.