The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
2:45 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1069
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 | 121.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -9.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.53° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.79° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.