The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 25, 1978
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
3:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 258.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.13° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.88° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.