The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 1977
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
9:12 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 673
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.52° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.98° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.