The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 3, 1977
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
8:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 673
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 | 205.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.71° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.79° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.