The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 1953
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
10:58 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 376
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.67° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.39° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.