The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 2, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
4:05 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2281
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 29.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.11° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.38° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.