The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 1900
Waxing Crescent
26.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
11:41 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.2%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.04° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.35° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.