The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
1:17 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -242
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / -0.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.48° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.27° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.