The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
2:23 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.60° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.75° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.