The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 2056
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
12:48 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1650
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.35° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.97° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.