The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 1969
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
10:20 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 574
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 | 237.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.53° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.59° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| 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.