The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
3:00 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 834
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 | 127.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.38° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.38° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| 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.