The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 4, 2157
Waning Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
6:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2899
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.3° / 218.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.12° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.55° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.