The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
2:52 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 463
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 | 113.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.99° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.15° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.