The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 2016
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
8:26 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1155
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.08° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.27° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.