The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 16, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
2:57 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 54.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -8.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.02° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.55° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.