The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 4, 2012
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
6:09 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1106
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 5:59 AM, is deepest at 7:03 AM and ends at 8:06 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.24° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.60° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.