The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
4:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 871
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 | 155.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 9.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.64° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.58° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.