The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 2, 2024
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
4:48 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1254
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 9.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.71° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.12° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.