The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 1916
Waxing Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
11:03 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -81
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 96.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.18° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.21° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.