The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 3, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
5:11 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1106
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.1° / 331.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.18° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.59° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.