The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 3, 1996
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
8:02 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 908
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.42° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.60° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.