The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 1980
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
11:42 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 710
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 | 251.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -13.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.30° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.00° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.