The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 2, 1983
Waning Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
11:59 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 747
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 | 256.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.17° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.39° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.