The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 1978
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
6:00 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 685
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 | 324.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.5° / 204.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 11.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.37° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.17° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.