The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 4, 2049
Waxing Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
11:52 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1564
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.41° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.53° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.