The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 2, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
4:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 636
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn 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 | 153.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 14.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.55° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.39° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.