The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 1978
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
4:54 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.4° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 13.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.88° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.30° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.