The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 4, 1996
Waning Gibbous
88.7% 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
11:36 PM
9:09 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 908
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.36° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.79° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.