The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
3:34 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 41.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.93° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.35° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.