The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 4, 1953
Last Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
1:23 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 376
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.84° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.81° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.