The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 4, 2002
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
2:49 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 982
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 235.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -3.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.65° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.