The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 2, 1938
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 191
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 | 56.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 84.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 13.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.43° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.49° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.