The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Waxing Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 995
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.90° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.71° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.