The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 1902
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
5:02 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -255
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.23° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.90° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| 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.