The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 2006
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
1:55 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1032
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.73° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.59° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.