The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 1934
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
11:10 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 141
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.93° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.58° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.