The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 3, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
4:43 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 970
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 | 150.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 13.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.07° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.99° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.