The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 2, 1988
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
7:40 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 809
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 | 208.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -27.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.23° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.00° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| 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.