The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
5:09 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 871
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 | 168.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.7° / 331.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.74° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.39° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.