The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 1922
First Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
1:36 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -7
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.12° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.18° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.