The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 2011
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
11:24 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1094
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 | 33.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.16° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.15° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.