The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
12:23 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1131
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 81.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.96° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.23° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.