The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 1926
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
1:36 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 42
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 241.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.62° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.42° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| 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.