The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1962
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
10:05 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 488
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 | 14.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 110.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.67° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.25° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.