The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 2, 1957
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 426
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 | 54.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.72° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.67° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.