The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 3, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
4:56 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 636
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 | 165.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.9° / 340.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -21.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.24° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.20° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.