The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 1958
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
7:55 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 438
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 | 203.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.14° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.99° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| 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.