The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 4, 1926
Waning Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
2:45 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 42
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 235.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / -4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.73° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.64° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.