The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 3, 2013
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
4:25 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1118
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.68° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.88° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.