The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
2:49 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -7
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 56.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.42° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.76° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.