The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 3, 1957
Waxing Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
12:25 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 426
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.06° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.44° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.