The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 3, 2056
Waning Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
11:45 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1650
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 | 252.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.70° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.76° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.