The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
4:13 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2145
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 | 142.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 29.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.50° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.37° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.