The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 2177
First Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
1:32 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3147
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 2.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.75° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.03° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.