The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 2, 1991
Waning Gibbous
77.7% 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
12:14 AM
10:27 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 846
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.07° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.78° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.