The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 2, 2019
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
8:13 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 350.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.9° / 149.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.36° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.66° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.