The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 1987
Waxing Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
1:38 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 797
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 | 77.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.03° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.40° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.