The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
5:04 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1923
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.3° / 315.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -26.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.76° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.