The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
2:19 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2714
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -5.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.92° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.80° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.