The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 1943
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
8:38 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 252
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 137.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.10° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.69° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 21.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.