The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
3:16 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3283
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 50.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -0.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.04° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.37° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.