The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
2:14 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2949
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -4.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.45° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.98° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| 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.