The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 4, 1959
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
7:18 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 450
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.9° / 174.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.30° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.83° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.