The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 3, 1949
First Quarter
44.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
1:54 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 327
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 66.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.47° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.78° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.