The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 2, 1901
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
5:18 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -267
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.6° / 330.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -20.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.76° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.15° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.