The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 2045
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
10:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1514
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.76° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.56° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.