The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 1980
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
10:36 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 710
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 | 238.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.58° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.80° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.