The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 1997
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
8:17 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 920
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 | 352.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.8° / 146.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.25° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.47° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 46.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.