The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1928
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
6:04 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 67
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:17 AM, is deepest at 8:09 AM and ends at 10:01 AM. Totality lasts from 7:31 AM to 8:47 AM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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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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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 302.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.52° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.4° |
| 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.