The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
7:20 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1254
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.2° / 190.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 20.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.23° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.60° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.