The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 2122
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
7:00 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2466
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
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Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.6° / 200.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.99° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.59° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.