The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
5:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1576
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.3° / 327.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -19.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.84° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.97° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.