The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 1956
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
2:20 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 413
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 | 279.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / 1.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.02° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.45° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.