The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 3, 2002
Waning Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
1:50 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 982
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -8.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.17° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.43° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.