The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
2:40 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 59.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.67° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.05° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.