The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 1931
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
7:24 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 104
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 | 206.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 269.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.16° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.60° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.