The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 1961
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 475
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.95° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.79° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.