The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 29, 1978
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
3:54 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 10.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.49° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.07° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.