The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 1964
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
12:21 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 512
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.63° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.41° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.82° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.