The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
7:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1143
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 | 192.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 294.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.01° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.22° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.