The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 1986
Waning Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
5:29 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 317.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.7° / 218.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.12° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.74° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.