The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 1972
Last Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
1:13 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 611
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.28° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.57° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.62° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.