The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Waning Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
11:17 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 245.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -12.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.37° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.56° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.