The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 1978
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
10:16 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 299.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 9.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.52° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.75° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.