The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 4, 2120
First Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
1:43 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2442
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 70.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.80° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.00° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.