The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 1953
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
12:11 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 376
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 | 255.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.71° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.60° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.