The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 2, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
3:52 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 500
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 | 128.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.80° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.77° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.