The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 3, 2011
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
10:42 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1094
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 | 21.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.2° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 22.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.01° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.40° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.