The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 4, 2021
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
3:35 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1217
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 | 296.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 231.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.18° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.46° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.