The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 2, 1930
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
1:32 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 92
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.87° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.82° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.