The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 3, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
2:19 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 463
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 | 101.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.83° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.36° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.