The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 2178
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
8:45 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3159
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.63° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.35° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.