The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
4:13 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 970
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 | 138.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 31.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -7.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.61° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.19° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.