The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 4, 1942
Waning Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
12:03 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 240
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 | 254.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.17° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.39° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.