The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 1921
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
7:17 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -20
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.8° / 178.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.18° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.46° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.