The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
3:35 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1168
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 | 126.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -4.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.53° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.98° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.