The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 2105
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
11:18 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2256
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 | 244.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.55° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.40° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.