The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 3, 1988
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 809
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 | 222.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.50° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.19° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.