The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 4, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
2:43 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 698
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 | 108.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 58.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.43° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.55° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.