The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 2, 2005
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
4:50 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1019
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 | 309.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 225.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.18° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.31° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.