The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 1926
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
12:25 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 42
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.44° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.20° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.