The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 4, 1929
Waning Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
5:41 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 79
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.4° / 213.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 11.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.21° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.78° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.