The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 2, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% 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
4:23 PM
3:26 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2850
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 | 124.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.20° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.36° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.