The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 2, 1986
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
4:28 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 306.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 227.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.08° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.50° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.