The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 1, 2002
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
11:50 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 982
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 248.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.14° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.99° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.