The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 2178
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
7:45 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3159
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 | 204.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -22.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.35° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.16° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.