The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 1967
Waning Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
3:44 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 549
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.79° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.70° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.