The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1961
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
10:48 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 475
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.42° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.99° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.