The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1978
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
6:57 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 685
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 | 336.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.6° / 183.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.79° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.41° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.