The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 1916
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 AM
9:52 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -81
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 | 20.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.59° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.70° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.