The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 2, 2102
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
6:52 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2219
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.16° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.18° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| 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.