The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% 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
2:59 PM
2:24 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 599
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -2.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.29° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.38° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.