The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
5:20 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1007
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 | 172.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.6° / 319.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.13° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.