The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 1986
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
6:30 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 328.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.5° / 204.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.04° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.98° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.