The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 4, 1905
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
9:10 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -217
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.8° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 18.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.56° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.70° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.