The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 4, 1948
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
6:04 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 314
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 | 323.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 209.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.69° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.59° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.