The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 1999
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 945
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.22° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.39° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.