The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 1937
Waning Crescent
34.5% 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
2:12 AM
3:05 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 178
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 | 288.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 5.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.43° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.88° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.