The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 1978
Waning Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
4:17 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.99° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.09° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.