The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 2003
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
12:20 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 995
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 | 50.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.55° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.47° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.