The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
3:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1923
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.44° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.36° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.