The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 2129
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
8:04 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2553
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.76° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.78° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.