The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
4:08 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1205
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 32.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.94° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.38° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.