The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 1939
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
8:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 203
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 | 209.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.46° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.39° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.