The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 2021
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
2:35 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1217
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 236.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.99° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.23° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.