The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
4:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 166
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.2° / 351.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.08° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.57° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.