The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 2010
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
12:16 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1081
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.23° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.77° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.