The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
5:31 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 67
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 327.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.65° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.17° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.