The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 4, 2015
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
8:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1143
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 | 204.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.63° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.41° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.