The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 2051
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
2:05 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1588
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 | 277.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.60° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.05° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| 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.