The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 2023
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
6:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1242
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -26.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.65° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.81° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.