The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 2, 1929
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
3:19 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 79
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 232.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / -1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.08° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.30° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.