The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 1978
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
11:19 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.70° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.93° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.