The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 2, 2011
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
9:54 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1094
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 | 9.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 23.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.08° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.65° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.