The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 2, 1958
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
6:56 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 438
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 295.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.17° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.