The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 1970
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
7:59 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 586
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 | 342.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.2° / 170.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.45° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.83° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.