The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 1915
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -94
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.89° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.28° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.