The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 2018
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1180
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.00° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.97° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.