The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
2:13 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -7
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.27° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.97° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| 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.