The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 3, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
2:36 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1638
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 | 102.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 59.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.75° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.81° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.