The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
2:44 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 599
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.16° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.17° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.