The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 1902
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
6:13 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -255
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars 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 | 337.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.7° / 213.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.09° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.15° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.