The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
2:21 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 327
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 | 96.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / 6.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.56° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.56° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.