The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 25, 1978
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
11:42 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.66° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.19° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.