The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1950
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 339
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 | 223.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -25.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.73° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.58° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| 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.