The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 2, 2059
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
12:29 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1687
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.23° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.41° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| 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.