The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
2:35 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1168
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 | 103.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 59.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.78° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.71° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.40° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.