The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1916
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
10:30 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -81
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.41° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.46° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.