The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1995
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 896
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 | 57.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.49° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.05° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.