The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 13, 1978
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
1:20 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.05° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.18° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.