The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 4, 1912
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -131
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -23.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.28° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.90° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.