The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 3, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
4:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2145
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 11.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.29° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.17° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| 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.