The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 1978
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
9:23 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.78° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.79° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.