The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 4, 1957
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
1:02 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 426
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 | 81.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.36° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.21° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.