The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 2173
Last Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
12:54 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3097
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.44° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.81° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.