The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1911
First Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
1:08 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -143
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 74.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.39° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.44° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.90° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.