The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 2, 2013
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
3:25 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1118
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 | 292.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / 5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.65° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.