The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 4, 2043
Waning Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
5:57 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1489
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 218.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.77° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.15° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.