The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1972
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
12:06 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 611
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 | 254.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.86° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.80° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.41° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.