The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 1988
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
10:10 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 809
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.80° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.39° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.