The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 3, 1929
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
4:28 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 79
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 | 306.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.17° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.53° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.