The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 24, 1978
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.43° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.99° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.