The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 2, 1941
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
1:34 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 228
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 70.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 6.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.59° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.38° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.