The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 1961
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
11:57 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 475
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 | 253.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -12.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.73° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.20° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| 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.