The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 2053
Waning Gibbous
95.5% 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
10:39 PM
8:01 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1613
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.79° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.78° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.