The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
3:55 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 265
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 | 130.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 39.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -4.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.47° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.36° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.