The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
3:06 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1168
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -0.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.26° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.19° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.