The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 4, 1976
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
12:56 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 661
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 | 79.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 5.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.23° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.40° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.