The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 2, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
5:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1712
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.7° / 315.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.22° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.