The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 2, 2014
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1131
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 | 55.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.09° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.46° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.