The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 1937
Last Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
1:57 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 178
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -0.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.20° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.12° / -6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.66° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.