The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 2048
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
12:36 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1551
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 | 259.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -6.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.52° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.17° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.