The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
3:22 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3085
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 48.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.19° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.55° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| 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.