The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 1931
Waning Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 104
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 | 218.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -26.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.23° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.79° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.