The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
4:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1205
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 13.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.62° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.18° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.