The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 1938
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
1:07 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 191
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 | 83.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 75.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.73° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.02° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.