The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 3, 1940
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
6:40 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 215
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.3° / 192.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.93° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.02° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.