The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 4, 1974
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
5:41 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 636
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 4:38 PM, is deepest at 6:15 PM and ends at 7:53 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.72° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.01° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.