The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 4, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
3:12 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 933
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -2.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.17° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.77° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.