The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
1:34 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1217
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -10.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.53° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.01° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.