The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 4, 1909
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
5:25 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -168
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -23.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.25° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.94° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.