The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 2, 2157
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
3:47 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2899
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 | 296.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 239.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.06° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.07° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.