The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 2006
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
1:32 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1032
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 | 75.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.87° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.82° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.