The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 1950
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
7:42 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 339
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 | 209.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.38° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.39° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.