The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 1945
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
12:11 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 277
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 | 258.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.33° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.02° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.