The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
3:15 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 45.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.97° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.86° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.