The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 4, 2076
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
11:46 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1898
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.33° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.38° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.