The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
3:14 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 364
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 49.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.60° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.56° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.