The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1978
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
1:14 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.99° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.29° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.