The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 3, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
4:18 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 500
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 29.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.66° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.57° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.