The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 1923
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 5
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 | 226.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.15° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.18° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.