The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 1983
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
1:59 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 747
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 | 278.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -7.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.29° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.83° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.