The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 2, 1949
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
1:24 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 327
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 | 70.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 70.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.53° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.00° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.