The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 4, 1999
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
10:43 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 945
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.61° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.59° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.