The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 4, 2173
Waning Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
3:13 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3097
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.25° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.