The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 3, 2016
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
7:17 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1155
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.6° / 174.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.12° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.02° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.