The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 4, 1951
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
9:29 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 351
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.8° / 118.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 27.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.92° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.51° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 171.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.