The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1905
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
8:16 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -217
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.7° / 147.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.79° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.94° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.