The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 4, 2105
Waning Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
12:21 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2256
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -6.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.52° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.10° / -6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.61° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.