The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1978
Waning Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 36m / 18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.21° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.49° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.