The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 3, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
2:34 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1873
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 59.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.43° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.98° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.