The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 1942
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 240
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 | 228.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.01° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.99° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.