The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
3:11 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1069
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 | 133.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -14.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.43° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.59° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.