The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 1972
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
10:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 611
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 259.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.78° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.65° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.20° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.