The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 1969
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 574
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 | 224.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -25.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.88° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.39° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.