The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 2056
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
10:42 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1650
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.68° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.56° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.