The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 1978
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
9:11 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 307.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.95° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.58° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| 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.