The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 3, 1966
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
6:05 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 537
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.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 296.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -24.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.87° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.59° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.