The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 2049
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
11:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1564
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.57° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.77° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.