The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
2:14 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 933
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 | 96.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 5.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.47° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.19° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.