The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 2108
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
2:19 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2293
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.15° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.23° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.