The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 3, 1938
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
12:32 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 191
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 | 70.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.77° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.25° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| 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.