The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
5:11 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 401
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.5° / 327.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.25° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.78° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.