The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
5:45 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 347.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -7.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.23° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.93° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.