The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 2128
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2541
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.04° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.09° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.