The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 1905
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
7:19 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -218
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.9° / 175.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 16.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.22° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.81° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.