The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 1951
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
7:28 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 351
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 | 337.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.4° / 186.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 21.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.96° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.01° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.