The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
2:14 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 698
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 | 97.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 64.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 4.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.40° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.76° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.