The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 1909
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
4:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -168
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:43 PM, is deepest at 8:28 PM and ends at 10:14 PM. Totality lasts from 7:57 PM to 8:59 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.9° / 351.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.25° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.75° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.