The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
2:09 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 228
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / 2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.27° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.16° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.