The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1279
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 | 216.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -25.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.16° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.59° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.