The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
3:01 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -205
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.17° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.24° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.