The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 2007
Waning Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
6:52 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1044
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.44° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.60° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.