The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 1995
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
11:57 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 896
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 | 46.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.35° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.29° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.