The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 1975
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
4:02 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 648
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.7° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 8.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.01° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.49° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.