The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 1978
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
6:01 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 689
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 194.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.00° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.74° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.