The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
2:16 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1032
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 | 97.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / 4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.54° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.38° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.