The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 2048
Last Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
1:41 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1551
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -0.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.73° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.38° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.