The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 14, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
1:51 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.63° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.96° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.