The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1934
Waning Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
12:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 141
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -9.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.11° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.79° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| 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.