The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 3, 1946
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
12:16 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 290
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 78.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.93° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.90° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.