The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 4, 1954
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 389
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 | 46.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.68° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.33° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.