The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 2004
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
6:07 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1007
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.34° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.