The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 1950
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
10:10 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 339
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 | 236.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.60° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.78° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.