The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 1966
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
6:51 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 537
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 | 196.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.91° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.60° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.