The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
4:23 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 265
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 | 142.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.97° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.16° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.