The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 1948
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
4:57 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 314
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 | 311.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.83° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.35° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.