The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 2, 1912
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
6:47 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -131
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -27.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.43° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.51° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.