The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 22, 1978
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
8:13 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 283.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.77° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.60° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.