The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 4, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
5:21 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 166
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -23.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.41° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| 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.