The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 11, 1978
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
12:16 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.71° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.63° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.