The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 1920
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
7:42 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -32
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.91° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.61° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.