The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 3, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
2:15 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1502
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.64° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.83° / 1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.01° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.