On a similar Ubuntu 16.04 system I get:
[additional PID info and SUCCESS status]
● certbot.service - Certbot
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/certbot.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2019-02-12 16:11:31 EST; 6h ago
Docs: file:///usr/share/doc/python-certbot-doc/html/index.html
https://letsencrypt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Main PID: 54511 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Feb 12 16:11:30 servername systemd[1]: Starting Certbot...
Feb 12 16:11:31 servername systemd[1]: Started Certbot.