The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 2, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
3:44 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1341
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 36.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.28° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.17° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| 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.